The Moon on this date
Moon on Tuesday, September 23, 1975
Waning Gibbous
91.2% illuminated · waning
Shown at midday from Columbus, US.
Rise, set and path
Times for Columbus, US
- Moonrise
- E
- Highest
- 63°
- Moonset
- W
60°30°
Horizon
8:54 PM
10:17 AM
63°
Key figures
- Illuminated
- 91.2%
- Age
- 17.9 days
- Distance
- 402,600 km
- Apparent size
- 29.7′
- Constellation
- Aries
- Lunation number
- 652
Events on this date
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September equinox
Day and night are nearly equal. Autumn begins in the northern hemisphere and spring in the southern.
Exact values
For Sep 23, 12:00 PM, midday on this date.
| Elongation from the Sun | 214.62° |
|---|---|
| Phase angle | 34.56° |
| Illuminated fraction | 91.18% |
| Altitude / azimuth | -16.9° / 306.3° |
| Right ascension / declination | 2h 07m / 14.58° |
| Ecliptic longitude / latitude | 34.63° / 1.61° |
| Libration in longitude / latitude | -4.66° / -1.74° |
| Sub-solar longitude / latitude | -38.48° / -1.29° |
| Position angle of the axis | 338.7° |
| Position angle of the bright limb | 68.4° |
| Apparent magnitude | -11.7 |
Directions are good to about a hundredth of a degree and the distance to about 50 km; more digits would not mean anything.